A look at how JD.com and Alibaba's Taobao in China used livestreaming to help farmers engage with their customers and sell more products amid COVID-19 (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review)

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:
A look at how JD.com and Alibaba's Taobao in China used livestreaming to help farmers engage with their customers and sell more products amid COVID-19  —  When coronavirus ground the country to a halt, the agricultural industry could no longer sell its produce.  E-commerce giants used the chance to bring the sector online.

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